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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Baking up a storm

At
my office we have a Thursday breakfast tradition. If you want to take part your
name is added to the list and then it works out to about twice a year that you
have to bring breakfast in to work on a Thursday. Last week Thursday it was my turn.

So
I skipped going to Tiger’s football training on Wednesday night and got my
baking on.

Bacon,
Corn & Cheddar cheese bread

Savory
Muffins (feta, olives, sun-dried tomatoes and spinach)

Peanut
butter cupcakes

Apple
cinnamon cupcakes

a
couple of baguettes and some cold cuts.

It
was delicious, even if I have to say so myself.

Himself
wanted to know why it is that I bake for my colleagues and not for them at home
– it is simple I said, I don’t want us to get any fatter. If I baked like this
at home all the time we would be rolling around instead of walking.

I
am still looking for the perfect Peanut butter cupcake recipes so if you have one that is light and fluffy please pass it along. This one was
nice but just a tad too dense for my liking. The Apple cinnamon was amazing!

side note: I really liked these but next time I'll add more feta and olives. Also, I added some baking powder to the second batch and it was a lot better.

Peanut butter cupcakes with Peanut butter marshmallow fluff frosting

side note: I liked these but they were not quite as light as I usually like me cupcakes so I'm still going to be trying out other recipes. For the frosting I sort of just make it up. Peanut butter, butter mixed until smooth. Then I just added some marshmallow fluff and icing sugar and mixed it all together. Once a find a recipes that I really like I'll post it.

Your savory muffins sound so good! I pinned the recipe if I ever get the compulsion to try baking again. ;o) I agree with your reasoning behind not baking for yourself - it's much safer to bake for others, have a few nibbles, and then give the rest away!

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Who am I?

I am another working mom who is trying to do it all without having to do too much cleaning but who still dreams of living in a house fit for a magazine. All of this while trying to stay sane which can be hard when you’re not a dog person but somehow ended up having 3 dogs and a son who tells you that he loves the dogs more than what he loves you.. But I’ll tell you I'm dreaming of becoming a lady of leisure who will have time to cook healthy meals (which my family will eat), do some DIY, travel and read ... can you blame me? - Go on admit it you would like to be one too!